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Krzysztof Łyszyk

Krzysztof Łyszyk

Attorney at law | Partner

+48 22 390 36 33

klyszyk@lww.pl

Krzysztof is an attorney and a founding partner of #LWW.

He has more than a decade of experience handling civil law and commercial law cases and mergers and acquisitions, as well as implementing infrastructure projects, including in the concession model and PPP. He advises on obtaining financing and on project restructurings. He represents clients in court, arbitration, administrative and administrative court proceedings.

Krzysztof has been recommended by the Legal 500 EMEA for public law and administration (2014-2019) and for dispute resolution (2016-2020).

In 2013, he earned a distinction in the ranking “Rising Stars. Lawyers - Leaders of Tomorrow 2013” organised by the daily newspaper Gazeta Prawna.

  • Experience

    Krzysztof’s recent experience includes:

    • advising on numerous M&A transactions related to the consolidation of the fitness club industry in Poland, including on the acquisition by Poland’s largest fitness chain of an organised part of another fitness operator; this was in connection with the sale of a controlling interest in Poland’s largest fitness chain to a WSE-listed sports card operator due to the division of the fitness club operator and the sale of its separated assets to selected shareholders
    • advising on the restructuring and consolidation of a leading producer of fuel storage tanks and installations that was carried out across several jurisdictions; the case involved moving a holding company from Great Britain to Poland; mergers, liquidations and takeovers of companies; obtaining financing both from private investors and as part of external, structured bank financing; and advising on the conclusion of a series of investment agreements
    • advising a number of entities on projects connected with the financing of their activities, including based on structured bank financing and capital financing
    • advising the operator of Poland’s largest airport on a series of projects related to the construction and management by private partners of airport and surrounding facilities and infrastructure (fuel infrastructure, car parks, hotels, IT systems)
    • advising the operator of Poland’s largest airport on projects for allocating the management and rental of the commercial and gastronomic areas at Chopin Airport in Warsaw
    • advising on a multimillion-zloty dispute over the termination of a number of lease agreements for duty-free & travel retail premises at Chopin Airport in Warsaw, including in proceedings before the common courts and administrative courts and on issues connected with investment arbitration
    • advising on a serious of disputes between shareholders of capital companies and on the grounds of joint venture agreements.
  • Practice
    • 2011 – 2020 KKLW Kurzyński Łyszyk Wierzbicki
    • 2008 – 2011 Chadbourne & Parke
    • 2004 – 2008 Wierzbowski Eversheds
    • 2004 Ernst & Young
    • 2002 – 2003 Bank Zachodni WBK
  • Publications and appearances

    Author of numerous articles and commentaries on corporate matters, infrastructure projects and cooperation and disputes between the public and private sectors published in the daily newspapers Rzeczpospolita and Gazeta Prawna.

    Co-author or author of:

    • Prawne uwarunkowania konkurencji na rynku gazu [Legal Conditions of Competition on the Gas Market], C.H. Beck
    • Formy udziału prywatnych przedsiębiorców i inwestorów niezwiązane z przekazaniem własności [Forms of Participation of Private Enterprises and Investors Not Involving a Transfer of Ownership], Polish Air Transport Market
    • Perspektywy prywatyzacji portów lotniczych w Polsce [Perspectives on the Privatisation of Airports in Poland], Polish Air Transport Market
    • Nowa ustawa o partnerstwie publiczno-prywatnym [The New Act on Public-Private Partnership], Infrastruktura
    • Partnerstwo Publiczno-Prywatne w praktyce. Przemyśl, przygotuj, przeprowadź [Public-Private Partnership in Practice. Ponder, Prepare, Perform], C.H. Beck
  • Education
    • District Chamber of Legal Advisers in Poznań
    • Doctoral studies at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Faculty of Law and Administration
    • Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Faculty of Law and Administration